In the end it was the secretary who broke the camel’s back. He didn’t let Ben tell Lisa about this one before he headed down to the school, and he didn’t bother to make an appointment either. He also skipped meeting with the new secretary that had told Ben that the best way to fool a mark was to give them what they want. Instead, he went straight for the quiet janitor that he had noticed around on each of his previous visits. “Can we talk in private?”

“Well, I’ve still got a lot of work to do . . .,” the man started.

Dean rolled his eyes and yanked him into the janitor’s closet. “Look man, are you guys almost done with whatever it is you’re pulling here?”

“I’m not sure what you’re talking about, sir. I’m just the janitor.”

“Uh-huh. Look let me tell you something about being a janitor: you never get noticed. It’s the perfect hiding place. I don’t give a damn about whatever you’re doing. You’re not going to hurt the kids, which is all I care about. But my son’s mother is starting to get pissed off about all the new knowledge he’s been picking up at school and the kid just can’t learn to keep it to himself. So how about you guys finish up without teaching him anything else that could get him arrested?”

The man held out his hands in a conciliatory gesture. “All right. We’ll be done soon and I’ll try to make sure that no one else passes along anything new.”

Thank you! That's good to know. I wrote this during my breaks one work day because pa_burke, the other half of this lj, was having a bad day and needed a pick-me-up. I'm glad that someone else also enjoys it.